Total Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lambton Field area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sherburn , and the 736th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lambton Field (DH6 1NX) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Sherburn average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lambton Field (DH6 1NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanley Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Usher Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Durham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitegates Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lambton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lambton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lambton Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitegates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambton Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cummings Avenue | Under investigation |
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